Jenny from Thebes

John Darnielle delves into the lore of 2002’s All Hail West Texas with a soft-rock opera that adds baroque arrangements to his brutal, tender storytelling.

The dark comedy representative of much of The Mountain Goats' catalogue is found breathlessly lounging around Jenny from Thebe's tracklist, waiting for you to ask about its day and wondering if you thought hard enough about that last one-liner.

The Mountain Goats' sequel to their 2002 album 'All Hail West Texas' awakens the dead and commits murder, in that order.

As on long-running cable TV, recurring characters are always welcome on Mountain Goats albums. And just like the crowd-pleasing stunt episod...

Jenny From Thebes by The Mountain Goats album review by Leslie Ken Chu. The band's full-length drops on October 27th via Merge Records